Improvement in oil-cans



W. H. BARTELS.

OIL CANS.

No. 189,682. Patented Apri117, 1877.

INVENTOR $5M WITNESSES ATTORNEYS NvPErERs, PHOTO LITHOGRAPHEFL WASNINGTON. D D.

UNITED S'rArnEs PAENT QFFICE- WILLIAM H. BARTELS, OF ELGIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO GEORGE T. HUNSAKER, OF OARTHAGE, lLLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN OIL-CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l9,682, dated April 17, 1877 application filed February 10, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BARTELS, of Elgin, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Oil-Cans; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representa tion of a central vertical section of my oilcan, and Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.

This invention has relation to cans for bolding oils, chemicals, 850.; and the novelty consists in the construction of the parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, A designates a glass can or bottle; and B, an outer tin case or receptacle, inclosing the same, a packing of paper, felt, or other soft material being interposed between them.

The outer case is set up at the bottom, at b, to add to its strength. This tin case or outer cover B and the packing (J prevents the glass can A from being fractured or injured by any sudden jar; and no corrosion, due to the atmosphere or to the contents of said can, will eat through it, glass being unaffected by almost all acids.

The tin case or envelope 8 is partly open at the top, having there two top pieces, B 3, arranged opposite to each other, as shown in Fig. 2, which are applied and secured after the can is placed Within the casing. These pieces B are provided with vertical, or nearly vertical, lugs B B in which a bail, D, is pivoted.

It will be seen that by the employment of the casing B, having a bottom packing, d, and a side packing, o, the glass bottle A is securely held in place from any lateral displacen'ient, While the top pieces B prevent any vertical displacement of the bottle.

The neck a of the glass bottle or can is surrounded by a metal ring, A provided with a screw-threaded extension, A and secured to said neck a by an interposed layer of plasterof-paris, A or other adhesive substance. On the extension A is screwed a threaded cap, E, provided with an outlet-tube, F, and an air-tubeyG. Outlet-tube F is provided with a cap, H, having a slot, h, which allows it to slide backward and forward upon a staple, I,

secured to the top of the outlet-tube.

When chemicals are to be contained in the glass can it will often be convenient to make cap E and parts A A of glass, or to dispense with the two latter parts, forming screw threads in the outside of the neck of the glass can. This construction prevents injury to any of said parts by the action of acids.

What I claim as my invention ist The casing B, having the top pieces B B and lugs 13 B for the attachment of a bail, in combination with a glass can and an interposed packing, substantially as shown, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that 1 claim the above 1 have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. BARTELS.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. RANSTEAD, HENRY B. WILLIS. 

